Underhood Wiring problems of the 2000 Ford Focus

Vehicle was idling in a parking lot and a fire started under hood. The entire vehicle was quickly engulfed, and the car was left unrecognizable within 5 minutes. Three other vehicles were damaged.

While driving 40 mph vehicle caught on fire under the hood. Local fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. Consumer questioned o whether past recall repairs were done properly. The electrical gauges had gone up and the oil light stayed on. The vehcile was out of control. Recall# 00v411000.

Vehicle was parked and consumer noticed smoke coming from underneath the hood. Vehicle caught on fire inside of the engine compartment. Fire department was called and extinguished the fire. Vehicle was towed to the driver's home by the insurance company.

A fire started under the hood while driving. Vehicle was towed to dealer.

-2000 Ford Focus lx - bought used on April 14th. Both interior and exterior of car in excellent condition, ran extremely well, one owner repo, clean title. -was rear-ended in very low speed, low impact collision, no frame buckling, bending, or damage to car other than scratched rear bumper - truck lid will not latch now. Multiple mechanics and appraisers - unable to find problem. -while driving, dash gauges and car speakers will suddenly stop working (speedometer goes to 0, odometer goes blank, fuel gauge goes to 0) and then spontaneously come back on with no after effects. Car stalled while stopping after one of these episodes. Occasionally when car is started, the odometer will spontaneously reset without prompting (not the main one, the resetable one). -random codes being thrown to computer - car has had two diagnostics run in two weeks, the first for two codes: 1. A mechanical issue, 2. For electrical difficulties in the dashboard - the car was thoroughly inspected and no defects were found. Seven days later the computer reported an "evaporative system leak" - once again the car was thoroughly inspected and no defects were found. After the first diagnostic, a rear brake light went out - after removing the light and "fiddling" with the wiring, the mechanic got its normal function to resume. -the car has 36,000 miles, I had the brakes inspected the day after the car started shaking violently when I pressed the brake pedal. The rotors are warped terribly and I will have to have the entire brake system replaced, including the rear drums - I do not consider this normal, especially in such a young car. -it has had two recalls filled in the last month, one for a pinch bolt and the other for a wheel bearing. No other recall campaigns were open. These problems have continued since the recalls were completed. -I've owned this car for less than a month. The cars pre-purchase inspection came up clean. The car is no longer under any kind of factory warranty.

Here's a serious safety defect that needs to be corrected. Since I bought my 2000 Focus zts (with less than 45,000 miles on it) it has had all the recall services done (six, if I recall correctly) and two windshields replaced too (due to edge cracks developing). This week a serious new problem surfaced: a wire sheared off within a connector that goes to the ignition coil, part of the main engine harness. I was traveling and all of a sudden the engine simply died. If this happened in traffic or on the highway, a serious accident would have resulted. Luckily, I was on a quiet street. This is a manufacturing defect that Ford should acknowledge and correct at no charge to the owner. To make the matter worse, the dealer tells me that the connector that failed is not available from Ford as a replacement part -- the whole main engine harness has to be replaced, with more than eight hours of labor required, plus the cost of the harness. It will end up costing close to a thousand dollars. If the connector were available it would cost under three hundred dollars to repair.

My father checked the battery area, after reading an article in the dallas morning news. No safety defect listed.

Dealership treated us like criminals(my wife and I) they gave us a rental, and harassed us about the rental even though by maine lemon laws, they are supposed to provide us with one. They threatened the police with us for theft of the rental. I noticed on your web-site yesterday that one day prior to our fire NHTSA started an investigation pertaining to vehicle fires on 2000 Focus. We have attained the services of an attorney in this matter. Thank you for all your help.

This car burned up on highway while driving. Also, I am not sure of some of the questions on engine type etc.

Vehicle stalled out, and consumer left it where it was. Then, he went back 3 hours later only to find that vehicle had burned up. He was told by the fire department that there was a vehicle fire.

The fire department indicated that vehicle caught on fire due to an electrical shortage. (claim#55-s443-496).

07/11/01 10 month old car would not start. Had been parked for 5 1/2 hours. Had vehicle towed to dealership. They informed us that the main wiring harness(said consisted of 12 wires) appeared to have been eaten by an animal. That the repair, not replacement, would be $325. Not covered under warrenty. (it says nothing in our warrenty about this not being covered), we okayed the repairs. On 07/13/01 I contacted the dealership they informed me that they had fixed the wires and the car still would not start. He told us that he jumped it and hooked it up to the diagnostic center and it gave him a code 13, but he didnt know what that meant or why the car woulnt start. On 07/17/01 we were told that the computer was dead, it would be an additional $950 not covered. On 07/20/01 the mang. Of dayton called me and said " get your car off our lot, return our loaner or we will report it stolen". When we got there are car was not put back together, they had written the word "f*cker" on the cars computer, and gave us the.

Vehicle caught on fire due to an electrical wiring harness that may have shorted out, which was located next to the battery. )claim#25-5541-145).

Vehicle caught fire while driving. Smoke & fire first noticed in rear seat area. Total loss with fire moving from back to front.

While vehicle was in park postion and turned off, the vehicle caught fire on its own . The entire engine compartment was in flames. While on fire the car started and rolled forward over a curb into a building (not causing damage to building). It looks as though it was not electrical because many of the wires and fuses inside the vehicle had not been shorted out. It is being investigated by the manufacturer. This is a seriuos problem that needs to be looked at, it spontaneously caught fire on its own . The vehicle is planned to be totalled.

This Focus 2000 allready have 7 recalls yesterday the wiring of the car cause a fire and destroy all the front of my car please tell me what I should do thank you olga rivera.

Smell like fireworks comes from under hood and in passenger area after trips of 20 miles or more, 2 dealers fail to find cause.

While traveling on highway another motorist flagged him down to inform that there was fire coming from underneath the vehicle. He pulled over , lifted hood up, and vehicle was on fire.

While driving check engine light came on and vehicle died, consumer noticed flames and smoke coming from battery, fire department stated that wire grounded with the battery started the fire.